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Sports minister Solomon Dalung has appointed new members to the Nigeria House Project Committee.

According to a statement by Nneka Anibeze, media adviser to the minister, the new members are the Nigeria Tennis Federation president Ifedayo Akindoju (chairman) and Nigeria Basketball Federation boss Musa Ahmadu-Kida (vice-chairman).

The statement said the eight-man committee would oversee the activities of the Nigerian Hospitality House at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Australia “and possibly the 2018 World Cup in Russia”.

The Nigeria House Project is a Public Private Partnership concept between the ministry, the Nigeria Olympic Committee and MOBAB Consult Limited.

“The committee shall be involved in the promotion of Nigeria’s cultural heritage, socio-economic and political development of the nation and business opportunities to the entire world,” the statement said.

Dalung explained that their appointments would attract no monetary incentives.

He said, “The services of the committee members are purely voluntary without any remuneration. The Nigeria House Project is entirely a voluntary project borne out of the members’ volition to contribute to building Nigeria.”

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